Shakespeare's Globe is a unique venue. It takes a certain kind of big and bold drama to inhabit it fully. But The God of Soho doesn't fit this space... more
Howard Brenton's ambitious history play, Anne Boleyn, returning to The Globe after a successful run last summer, is a tribute to Henry VIII's second wife. But it also celebrates the King James Bible... more
Howard Brenton’s earthy script for Anne Boleyn has some snappy lines, and director John Dove manages to coax appealing shading from the supporting cast.... more
Jeremy Irons made a return to the Broadway stage after a 25-year absence only for his new art play Impressionism to open to a gallery of critical ridicule... more
Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at the National is my dream play. Yes, yes, it's a brilliant and chilling indictment of Soviet treatment of political dissidents... more
The Globe's joyous production of Howard Brenton's In Extremis is a laughter-heavy brew of theological chat and good old-fashioned sex, says Keiron Quirke.... more
Time has not been altogether kind to Pravda. What once was a scathing farce that wittily shafted the British newspaper industry is now curiously dated, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
Intellectually bracing and engagingly pacy, Howard Brenton's In Extremis brings Dominic Dromgoole's inaugural season at Shakespeare's Globe to a splendid close.... more
Howard Brenton shocked us in the Eighties, but then he fell out of favour. Now the provocative playwright is back. He talks to Fiona Maddocks about his new comedy on extremism.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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